GRE Word List
JUXTAPOSE
to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect)
The meaning of the word juxtapose is to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| peer | one that is of equal standing with another : equal |
| expertise | the skill of an expert |
| menace | a show of intention to inflict harm : threat |
| blunt | having an edge or point that is not sharp |
| tarnish | to dull or destroy the luster of by or as if by air, dust, or dirt : soil |
| incursion | a hostile entrance into a territory : raid |
| privation | an act or instance of depriving : deprivation |
| holocaust | a sacrifice (see sacrifice |
| vision | the act or power of seeing : sight |
| voluptuous | suggesting sensual pleasure by fullness and beauty of form |